CNN Travel: La baguette: secrets of France's most addictive food

July 15, 2021

Paris (CNN) — Baker Christian Vabret is squeezing down gently on a baguette in order to make it "sing."

As he presses down, the crust is collapsing in on itself to produce a staticky, crackling sound.

"You can tell a good baguette by the way it sings," he says.

"Le pain qui chante," or bread that sings, is an expression among French bakers, and is one of the hallmarks of a well-baked baguette, Vabret says.

It's a far cry from the supermarket baguette he tried to make chirp moments earlier. In lieu of a sparkly crackle, the pale loaf of bread sat mute, impervious to his coaxing and squeezing.

…Because when it comes to French baguettes -- one of the most iconic culinary symbols of France -- not all are created equal.

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